José Rivera (Peruvian footballer)

José Daniel Rivera Martínez (born 8 May 1997) is a Peruvian footballer who plays as a winger for Peruvian Primera División side Universitario de Deportes.

José Rivera
Personal information
Full name José Daniel Rivera Martínez
Date of birth (1997-05-08) 8 May 1997
Place of birth Tarapoto, Peru
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Universitario
Number 17
Youth career
CD Olimpico Juniors
Unión Comercio
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2019 Unión Comercio 87 (13)
2020–2021 Cusco 40 (11)
2022 Carlos A. Mannucci 34 (7)
2023– Universitario 24 (3)
International career‡
2019–2020 Peru U23 3 (0)
2022– Peru 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:59, 4 September 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:47, 22 November 2022 (UTC)

Career

Club career

Rivera made his way through the youth ranks of Unión Comercio and made his debut on 11 September 2016 against César Vallejo.[2] He played a total of 22 league games in the 2016 and 2017 seasons. From the 2018 season, he became a regular player.

After 87 league appearances for Unión Comercio, he left the club at the end of the 2019 season to join Cusco FC, signing a deal until the end of 2021 in February 2020.[3]

On 24 November 2021 it was confirmed, that Rivera would join Carlos A. Mannucci for the 2022 season.[4] Ahead of the 2023 season, Rivera then moved to Universitario de Deportes.[5]

International career

In May 2019, Rivera was called up for the Peruvian U23 national team to play the 2019 Pan American Games.[6] He played one game and was on the bench in the remaining three games. In October 2019, he was called up once again, to the squad that was going to play in the 2020 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament.[7]

References
  1. José Rivera at WorldFootball.net
  2. CÉSAR VALLEJO VS. UNIÓN COMERCIO 0 - 1, soccerway.com, 11 September 2016
  3. Cusco FC anunció fichaje de José Rivera, ovacion.pe, 10 February 2020
  4. Mannucci anunció la contratación de José Rivera, ovacion.pe, 24 November 2021
  5. José Daniel Rivera es nuevo jugador de Universitario de Deportes, universitario.pe, 17 November 2022
  6. José Rivera Martínez, conoce al convocado de Unión Comercio a la Selección Peruana Sub 23, futbolperuano.com, 3 May 2019
  7. Ángel Zamudio y José Rivera de Unión Comercio están en la lista de convocados, diariovoces.com.pe, 2 October 2019
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